Hello,

> > is there anything that i can do to test, since i get halfway decent performance out of mine.
> 
> wonko@zaphod$ ttcp -r -s
> ttcp-r: buflen=8192, nbuf=2048, align=16384/0, port=5001  tcp
> ttcp-r: socket
> ttcp-r: accept from 10.0.9.2
> ttcp-r: 16777216 bytes in 17.84 real seconds = 918.52 KB/sec +++
> ttcp-r: 11661 I/O calls, msec/call = 1.57, calls/sec = 653.74
> ttcp-r: 0.0user 0.4sys 0:17real 2% 0i+0d 0maxrss 0+2pf 11656+14csw
> wonko@zaphod$ ttcp -t -s durf
> ttcp-t: buflen=8192, nbuf=2048, align=16384/0, port=5001  tcp  -> durf
> ttcp-t: socket
> ttcp-t: connect
> ttcp-t: 16777216 bytes in 15.25 real seconds = 1074.61 KB/sec +++
> ttcp-t: 2048 I/O calls, msec/call = 7.62, calls/sec = 134.33
> ttcp-t: 0.0user 0.5sys 0:15real 3% 0i+0d 0maxrss 0+2722pf 7663+6csw
> wonko@zaphod$ 

Hmm, you have a G3 card, don't you?
Could it be that the mc problem also bites mainly (only?) people with 604s?

have fun
Michael